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The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19
LAST NIGHT ON EARTH,
How the Condemned Men Passed Their
Last Few Hours of SIeen.

tioW the COnuenane0 Men Passed Their
Last Few Hours of Sleep.
COOK COUNTY JAIL, CHICAGO, Nov. II.
During the long hours of the night the
the only newspaper men who were adj
United to tho inner precincts of the jail
were the representatives of the press.
They had quarters in what is known rs
the lawyers cage, and were within ten
feet of the anarchists. At 4 o'clock one
OF them made IL tour of the lower
corridor where Spies, Parsons,
Fischer and Engle were con.
fined. In each cell We're two stalwart
guards, who stood guard over the an
archists. The former chutted in low tones
and whispered jokes among themselves
10 while away the time. But the talk
and whispered jokes were all lost OH the
prisoners. Each one was i'll the heaviest
of slumbers. Spies lay on one side.
his head ON his arm, and
slept as peacefully as Il babe.
kngel lay motionlcss, rs did Parsons. ex-
cept that at times the latter started TN
easily,as if dreams were coursing through
his mind. Then at intervals the silence
was broken by the steulthy walk of an
armed guard, who made the rounds of
the lower corridor to see that all
was well. All the common
prisoners. to the number of about 200,
were left in their usual cells. The prac-
tice at hangings in Chicago is to not re-
move them until IL few hours before the
execution takes place. Sheriff Mattson
decided tn follow the old rule. At the
appointed time all of those located in the
tiers of cells facing north, and which
command Il partial view of the scatfold,
are marched into the tiers facing south.
where not Il glimpse of the execution can
ho bDl
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19
ALASKAN sEALERs.
The Controversy Between Great Dritai
and the United States Very Serious.

The Controversy Between Great britain
and the United States Very Serious.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-The contro-
versy over the British sealers seized by
our government in Alaskan waters is
more serious than has perhaps been an
ticipated. 1t appears from IL publication
of the Canadian government that Great
Britain made very emphatic demand
for the release of the sealcrs and they
We're released, and that the subjects of
Great Britain have put in quite n for
midable bill Of damages against the
United States, the merits of which
are still in controversy between the two
governments. Whether or not the ques-
tions connected with the seizures of the
sealers will be brought up i'll the fishery
conference which is soon to meet here, 10
is evident that the British authorities in
tend to make the most of the Alaska i'll
cident i'll some way, and that Il specific
case is to he urged for damages which
may assume as grave u character as the
questions now pending relative to the
fisheries on the Atlantic coast.
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The hAppock MURDER TRIAL.
Public Sentiment Again Fully Arouse,
"A Hard.Fousht Criminal Case.

Public Sentiment Again Fully Aroused
"a Hard-Fousht Criminal Case.
SIOUX CRY, Iowa, Nov. 14.-An the
sensational incidents created by and sur
rounding the arrest, trial and conviction
of Munchrath for the alleged completely
in the murder of Rev. George G. Had
dock, have hsen reawakened by the COM
mencement Of the second trial of John
Arensdon on u similar charge. The pub
lie sentiment aroused by the recapitula-
ton Of all the evidence surrounding tho
terrible tragedy would appear to indicate
but little hope of a favorable result Of a
new trial.
Sioux CITY, Iowa, Nov. 15.-The Sec
ond day in the Arensdorf trial has been
occupied entirely In securing qualified
Jurymen. II the legal contest of the case
Is indicated by the work Of selecting q
jury, the hardest fought criminal case is
now taking place.
Sioux CITY, Iowa, Nov. 1.-THE jury
was completed soon after noon, and the
twelve men who are to decide il John
Arensdorf is guilty were sworn in. AL
are farmers but one, and only two of the
twelve are residents Of the city, the 9TH
ers being picked from all parts Of the
county,,
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19
A E S OF ANARCHY.
Two Hundred of the Reds Unearthed in
Inleln.-.A Mnntinr tn Isa Snnnreaa.d.

Two Hundred of the Reds Unearthed in
TOledo---A Meeting to lie Suppressed.
TOLEDO, o., Nov. 1J.-The chief of
police unearthed Il society of anarchists
fully 200 in number in Il central part of
the city. Thousands of circulars printed
i'll red announcing Il mass meeting to be
addressed by Paul Grotkau, the Mil
waukee anarchist, at Walbridge hall,
have been scattered in the city. The cir
culnrs say Grotkau will address the
laboring men of Toledo upon the princi-
pies of socialism, and will call their at
tention to the murder by the c~apitalistic
press of four men last Friday in Chicago
by its false reports" The police propose
to prevent the holding of the meeting,
and the anarchist leaders assert that they
will hold their meeting, come what will.
Trouble is feared.
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other men

O'Clock, when it was supposed the
fiat would go forth, according to the
last bulletin from the executive mansion.
The final decree concerning the doomed
anarchists was telegraphed to Sheriff
Matson by the governor at 5 O'Clock p. III.
The formal decision bearing the great
seal of the state will be taken
to Chicago on the . o'clock train
by the governors son and private
secretary, Robert Oglesby, who will be
mel at the depot by Sheriff Matson, who
will formally receive the warrant of the
state to execute Fischer, Engel, Parsons
and Spies. The governor seemed very
much affected by this adverse decision in
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19

6CHWAB. WrltttN OplnlUn OF
the case Gov. Oglesby says: Samuel Fiel-
den, Michael Schwab and August Spies
unite i'll apetition for executive clemency,
Fielden Il Schwab In addition present
separate and supplementary petitions for
the Communication of their sentences
While am satisfied Of the guilt of all
the parties, rs found by the verdict of
the jury, which was sustained nv Tho
Judgments of the courts, q most careful
consideration OF the whole subject leads
me to the conclusion that the sentence ~
the law as to Samuel Fielden and Michael
Schwab the sentence is committed to i'm
prtsonment in the penitentiary for life.
AS to all the other defendants do not
!eel justified in interfering with the cen,
s~:sHs.es. e:,sa
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19
A LAST
Relatives of the Condemned Men Are Adj
mitted To- Say Their Eternal Earewells.

AA> sAN" = <ANk.
mitted To Say Their Eternal Farewells.
CHICAGO, Nov. Il When the news Of
the communication Of the sentences of
f'ielden and Schwab was received word
was sent to the relatives of the six pris-
"ners, and i'll n short time they were
nearly all ut the jail to take their last
farewell. Mrs. Schwab was the first to
arrive, and the interview between her
and her husband was very affecting.
Miss Engle chung TO her father and
sobbed convulsivcly, us if hcart-broken.
Mrs. Spies. mother of August, had been
waiting an hour and II half when she
was admitted. Her sobS could be
heard all through the build
ing. She did not stay long.
But the browning scene of all was the
visit of MINI Van Zandt, the proxy wife
of Spies. As she walked through the
main office She betrayed no emotion. The
moment at which she saw August. how
ever, completely changed her demcanor.
There WAS IL look. then u gasp and in IL
tricc they We're in each others arms.
The interview between the prisoner and
his faithful devotee lasted nearly half an
hOur.
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19

SECRETARY LAMAR has at last sat
down upon the high and mighty
Sparks, who has SO long cursed the
settlers in the northwest by his bale
full occupancy Of the office of commits
sioner of the general land office.
Sparks seems to have got the idea
into his head that he was the greatest
man in the. administration, and had
no doubt that when 1t came to u
choice between himself and Lamar,
the latter would have to 60. Lamar
in his recent letter to him gave him
stand no more of his fo%olishness.
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19
100000 RIOTERS.
Very Serious Collision Sunday
Between the London Mob
and the Police.
Two Hundred Rioters and Fifty Police
WOunded-..The Leaders Ar.
rested and Sentenced.

LONDON, Nov. l4.-The scene at Ira
falgar square Sunday has not been
equaled since 1866, when the people, in
attcsting their right to hold public meet
ings, destroyed the ratings Of Hyde park.
Early in the day 1000 policemen took
possession of the square and its ap-
p~roaches, prepared to hold it and prevent
the advertised meeting. Soon the differ
ent clubs. associations, etc, began to
arrive, after having marched through
the various districts in which they be-
longed. headed by bands Of music and
flying flags, banners, streamers, etc.
These detachlmentS We're composed of
socialists, radicals, Irish societies and a
few trades associations, and rs fast as
they came to the square they were at
tackled and dispersed by the police, only
to reassemble and press forward. Later,
as the crowds became more dense, fierce
fights We're started between the police
and the mob in northumberland avenue,
Whitehall, Pail Mall and other adjacent
streets, in which the police We're uni
fOrmly the victors. One detachment,
RIcSStlcu ny Il utuu, SuCCceueu III
getting into the square and q bloody fight
ensued, which ended finally in the repulsc
of the intruders and the injury of many
persons. At $3.50 p. IN. the crowd num-
bered easily 100: 900 and it became SO per-
fectly manifest that the police were power
less to dispense them that the military
was summoned. In response::t TO this call
a force of cavalry and infantry came upon
the ground, but they refrained from
charging upon the multitude, because the
people, awed by the presence of troops,
had begun to disperse, and by dusk ON
paratively few remained. Two hundred
citizens and forty of the police were in
jured in the succession of mclces that
took place, and about fifty of the dis
tlrbers We're arrested, including Burns,
the socialist leader. Some of those in
jured We're well enough to leave the hos
pital after their wounds had been dressed,
while others are SO badly hurt that they
cannot fully recover for weeks.
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over the heads of
the four unfortu-
mates, and ut eX-
actly bob the sig
nal was given.
Down, down, the
trap fell. AS the
trap gave way
+ isc Ii er cried,
"l4ong live An
archy." At 12:OS
they were still
alive. Fischc r
died harder than
the others. The
pulses of all the
anarchists stopped
beating in 1875
minutes after the
falling of the n
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regard % the men,
which he felt HIM
self compelled to
give. His good
natured face, usu-
ally beaming with
smiles, borea sor-
rowful look OF
mingled frmness
and pity. To sign
the death warrant
of those men had
evidently cost him
many a mental
struggle. In his
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19
INDEMNITY LANDS,
Tho Northern Pacific Company Bring,
Shit In Asxark Il. lsinh4a

Suit to Assert Its Rights.
ST. paul, Nov. IA highly import
ant and interesting case has been begun
in the United States circuit court in
which the Northern Pacific Railway conf
pany virtually enters uction to enforce
its right to the ownership of certain
lands in Dakota. which, by the action Of
the government land offices at st. Cloud
and Fargo have recently been pre-empted
and entered possession upon by
certain parties who are named
as defendants in the suit. The
mAtter will come up for hearing in the
circuit court. OH Dec. u
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19

LOWRY. the new town ON the Bis
marck & Aberdeen road. which is to
be the division headquarters of the
new line, failed to get the county seat
away from Napoleon. the old town in
Logan county. at the recent election.
The count showed ~ for Napoleon
and u for Lowry.
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19

Private advices have been received
stating that on Oct. : Henry NJ. Stanley
was 400 miles from Ermin Pasha, and
was taking half his force on forced
marches.
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19
MARKET REPORTS.
In st, Paul.

81. PAUL. Nov. 10.
.Wheat-No.1 hard. 7lhc bid: No. l northern.
&c bid; No. 2 northern, 65c bid.
Corn-No. 2 NC bid for cash: No. 3 SIC bid.
Oats-Eo. l white, go bid: No. 2. &c bid.
Barley-No. 2, BIC bid; No. 5. &I94sc bid.
Rye-No. 3. Ac bid; November. 4c bid.
Poultry-Live chickens, old, 5a5c; dressed
chickens, 6Gsc: live turkey, 7Dsc; dressed tur-
keys, s@l0c: ducks and geese. s1ac: prairie
chickens. 900 per dozen. Teal. l.2;
mallard and red head ducks. 800 per dozen;
mixed ducks, l.bO. Pheasants. l. 7502.W. Wild
geese. 6.007.@ per dozen. venison saddles,
lo0llc.
Cheese-Young American and fancy twins,
ls@l31&c per n; full cream cheddars. la1lt<c;
skins, 60l0c.
Esss-Quoted at aooaac Dor dozen.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 2a01ec; choice
extra, 1909; choice dairy, lf@eoc; common
dairy. la0l5c: packing stock. Ne.
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19
ABOUT I'LL ARMY.

Gen Sheridan's Annual Report --- A
Larger Army and Fewer SOficers
Needed.
WAsHINGToS, Nov. iB.-Ifeut. Gen. r.
II. Sheridan has presented his annual re-
port to the secretary Of WAR. From the
report it appears that at the date of the
last consolidated returns the army con-
sisted of 1900 officers and "a, 28e men,
including Indian scouts.
According to his observation and ex-
perience most Of the state troops now
march we'll and handle the gun well, but
they are deficient In discipline in all the
duties that teach a soldier to take care Of
himself while in camp or upon a march.
This defect can best he overcome by es-
tablishing some system of encampment
under the control and direction and at
the entire expense Of the general govern
mont
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19
What Fieldcn and schwab Will Do.

JOLIET, Nov. 15.-Fielden and Schwab,
the anarchists, were taken from their
cells i'll the court solitary and assigned to
duty and given a cell in the eastern cell
house. On account of his poor health
Schwab was put to work in the convict
kitchen, where the food for the prisoners
is prepared. Fielden has been assigned to
the cut stone department and will prob
ably do laborer's work.
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nounce III by
sending his son to
the front door Of
the executive a
sion, where a o
or more reporters
were waiting, and
informed them of
the decision. None
of the anarchists
friends who are in
the city We're pres
ent when the de-
cision was given,
rs they were all
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19
SIORpOCk.

The Grand Jury Finds a Bill Against
Prison Warden Oh Both Charges.
SALTWATER, Nov. 12.-Wardcn Stor-
dock, whose case has been before the
grand jury, was indicted on both charges
preferred against him by Fayette Marsh,
ex-Warden Reeds counsel, viz: Crimi-
nal libel and subordination of perjury.
Public sentiment here fully agrees with
the finding of the jury.
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19

THE official list of members of the
next house of representatives shows
that it will consist of los democrats,
l53 republicans and 4 independents.
The independents are Anderson of
Iowa, Nichols of North Carolina.
Hopkins OF Virginia and Smith of
Wisconsin.
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19
LUMBER.

A Scheme of Senator Sawyer to Sell the
Pine ON the Menoninee Reservation.
;DsnKoSH, Wis, Nov. 15.-Senator Saw
yer is reported us saying in an interview
TINT he would introduce a measure this
winter to throw Oh the market about
100000, 900 feet of pine on the Menomi-
nee reservation, which he thinks would
bring from ~ to 8 if sold before it is fur
ther damaged by fires. The money thus
obtained when placed at interest would
give the 1900 Indians a handsome an
nuity. The pine is on the upper Wolf,
directly tributary to Oshkosh, and the
proposition is to have it appraised and
sold IN eighty-acre tracts.
ASAHEc{
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Entered at the postoiticc at Dickinson. stark
County. Dakota az second class matter.
OFFICIAL PAPER OFSrARK COUNTY
Saturday. Nov. 10. 1857.

THE board of railr, AT and ware
house commissioners have issued an
order to the officers of the Northern
Poetic ond the st. Paul. Minneapolis
Manitoba railways requiring them To
reduce their fares to Il rate and not
exceeding 8 cents per mile.
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19


SENATOR Ben HARRISON, is report
ed a. saying that he has no hope for
the admission Of Dakota in any form
in the near future. The senator has
been the special champion of the peo-
pie of this territory i'll the senate for
so long q time, that great weight at.
taches to his opinion. He of all men
understands the extent and strength
of the deap seated partisan hostility
to admission. 1t was Senator Harri-
son who introduced the bill providing
for the division of Dakota OH the for
ty-sixth parallel and the admission of
South Dakota. He led the discussion
in which the democratic senators
were SO completely worsted and driv-
Ell from n pretext to another, until
Senator Edmunds finally offered to ill.,
troduce a new bill Incorporating pro.
visions to meet all the objections
which senators Vest and Blackburn
had urged, and asked if they would
then concent to admission. Their
continual refusal clearly showed that
their objections had been insincere
and that their opposition was really
founded on partisan considerations.
Senator Harrison seems to remember
these things and his experience dis.
conrages his hopefulness. While
the opinions of no laan are more like.
ly to be correct. still 1T must be re.
membered that the longer the wrongs
of Dakota are discussed before the
great tribunal Of the people, a wide
spread popular sentiment will develop
which will at an early day force rec,
.ognjIion at the hands of congress
Opposition to admission will ceast
when people refuse to elect congress
men who persist in ignoring thu
rights of six hundred Thousand
American citizens Grand Fork:
Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19
PLACED Al RESI-.
All Chicago" Turns out to Witness the Last
Rites to the Hanged Anarchists,

All Chicago Turns out to Witness the Last
Rites to the Hanged Anarchists.
CHICAGO, Nov. IA great concourse
of people followed the remains of August
Spies, Adolph Fisher, Albert II. Parsons,
George Englc and Louis Lingg in their
funeral procession Sunday.
Although probably $4,000 people were
massed on Milwaukee avenue,
from the Dies PLANES street via
duct to North Paulina, Il distance of two
miles, there was no disorder. The entire
ceremony. from the homes to the ceme-
terry, was conducted with as much quiet
rs was possible in such a vast throng.
At the grave the crowd was
very dense. The funeral orations were
delivered by Capt. Black, Robert Reit
zell, of Delaware, who spoke in German,
Il. j. Morgan, Il socialist leader, and
others. The collins of the anarchists
were deposited in the vault and soon
after the crowd dispersed.
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19
FREE MOVEMENT OF WHEAT.

Minneapolis Millers Fear That Sufficient
viii Not be Reserved to Garry the Mills
Through the Year.
MfSNEAPoLIs, Mimi. Nov. 16.-The
added daily capacity of the twenty mills
grinding amounts to 1866 barrels, and
the output per day will probably be g.
500. Millers are regarding with some
apprehension the rapid movement of
wheat from farmers hands, as we'll as the
facility with which it drops out of sight
when reaching commercial points.
There is fear among millera
that sufficient reserve will not be
centered here by the time the
movement is over to carry the mills
through until another crop is At to go
into flour.
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19
GROVER ACCEPTS.

The President Forwards His Reply to the
R~csigning Land Commissioner.
WASHINGTON, Nov. H.-Commissioner
Sparks has received a letter from Presi-
dent Cleveland accepting his resignation.
Mr.. Sparks resignation takes effect i'm
mediately, and, although he was at the
office nearly all day, he did not attend to
current business. This was done by
Assistant Commissioner Stockslager, who
will act as commissioner during the a
cancy. Mr.. Stockslager, Ex-Governor
Click, of Kansas, and cx-Congressman
Coble, of Indiana, are mentioned rs
probable successors of Mr.. Sparks, but
an sppoiptwent is not looked for for
epSna TINT yet.
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19
four ANARCHISTS HUNG.
Spies, Parsons, Engel and Fischer
Pay the Penalty ofTheir An
archistic Utterances.
Fielden and Schwab, by Executive Glenn.
ency. Are Saved From the Gallows
tU End Their Lives in Prison.
Three Hundred Police on Duty in
and Around the Building to
Prevent an Outbreak.
Last Night on Earth Of the Doomed Men,
Scenes in and Around the Jail 1.-The
Anarchists Families.

CHlt AGO, Nov. 11.-As the hands on
the big clock in the iail office pointed to
$3.50 there was Il little stir at the door
and the guard admitted Chief Deputy
Sheriff Gleason, who bore the fatal ducu-
ments sealing the anarchists doom.
Deputy Gleason vas met ut the door by
Sheriff Mats0n and they at oncc retired
to the latter's private room, where they
had II private consultation of several
minutes. Meantime the condemned
men seemed To have re-
ctiYed an intimntinn of Elrusnn,s husiurss
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19
stirred I'm nv Phi, Armour.

DAVENPORT, Iowa, Nov. l One of
Phil Armour's shipments of pressed beef,
such rs he has been sending about the
country for the purpose of underselling
local dealers, arrived here Tuesday. 1t
came from Arnour's Kansas City house,
and consisted of 5000 pounds. The
butchers of this city are highly indignant
over what they claim an intrusion on the
Chicago millionaire packers part.
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19
CRUSHING THE MoRMoNs.
Marshal Dyer seizes the Mormon Temp
and Much Other Valuable property.

Marshal Dyer Seizes the Mormon Temple
and Much Other Valuable Property.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Nov. .7.-Marshal
Dyer, recently appointed receiver to take
charge of certain property belonging to
The Mormon church, made demand for
the Temple block, on which stands the
Mormon temple, assembly hall aud tho
large tabernacle, all of which buildings
have been used for religious purposes for
forty years. He also took possession of
the parsonage, known as the guard house,
and the church historians Office, leaving
men in charge. The demand was further
made for all books, papers and personal
church property,
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19
Striking Brakemen,

Mason CITY, Iowa, Nov. !%5.-Forty Of
the brakemen on the Chicago. Milwaukee
s. st. Paul road at this place struck
Monday, absolutely refusing to 60 IL on
double-headers A general strike will
now be made all along the di-
vision between Mason City, Iowa, and
Chamberlain, d. L. No freights are now
going out.
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19
ST.. PETERS LOSS.
The Thriving Minnesota City Visited by
the Flames.

Ahe Arriving NAihuesotA lily visited ny
the Flames.
ST. PETER, Mimi, Nov. 15.-Firc broke
out i'll n barn in the rear Of the North
western hotel at 10 O'Clock Saturday
evening, and despite the efforts of the fire
department the flames soon spread to the
First National bank building, which was
soon destroyed. From there it passed
on toward the north end of town taking
everything in its path for some distance.
No fair estimate a be placed upon the
loss Mt present. but it will not be less
than $250,O0 O $500, 900. The losses on
buildings alone will be nearly that, not
counting their contents.
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19

III may be a matter of interest to
ON church organizations to know that
the last Congress passed a law making
it necessary for every churhh society
in each of the territories to file Il list
of its trustees with the judge of pro-
bate and have his approval thereof
before said board transacts any bust
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and paid the clos
est attention. His
attention. was at
tracted to a dep
uty who was put
ting the death
shroud on Engel,
who glanced ner-
vously about him.
The sheriff fin
lslled reading the
death warrant to
Parsons ut l1:l5.
In the meantime
the shrOuds had
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19
Prenarinc for Rints.

LONDON, Nov. 16.-The Globe unofil-
cially says that the government will
swear in 10000 special constables in Or
der to check further riots in London.
The Dickinson press., 1887-11-19
Legislative Preferences.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 16.-The Enquirer
publishes the preferences of a majority of
the members Of the newly-clected senate
and legislature of Ohio rs follows: Sher-
man, for president, "a: Blaine, 4: Cleve-
land. u.